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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

Cars That Think

Utility companies are prioritizing their shareholders over the public’s need for cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy. For instance, four proposed high-voltage lines totaling 600 kilometers along the seam of regional networks in the upper Midwest could connect at least 28 gigawatts of wind and solar.

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Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

Baua Electric

While solar and wind provide carbon-free electricity or H 2 through water splitting, they lack the ability to directly produce carbon-based fuels and chemicals without additional carbon sources. Moreover, the cost of the catalyst, specially noble metals, hindered its acceptability. The precious noble metals (Pd, Pt, and Ru, etc.)

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions.

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